FAEM is really happy to have supported our friend, teammate, and talented artist Swetha KP (
@illuskp )in bringing her artwork ‘Those Thousand Skies’ to life. The work was part of the exhibition ‘When Communities Under Threat,’ organised by the newly formed art collective
@react.space at
@forplaysociety in Mattancherry, as part of the
@kochibiennale collaterals.
About Artist:
Swetha K P is a Bangalore-based artist and illustrator, and a graduate of the College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum. She works across illustration, digital art, murals, tattoos, and 2D animation, moving organically between formats without being confined to one medium.
About Artwork: Those Thouscent Skies.
Those Thouscent Skies is an evolving artwork that reflects on the quiet poetry of human gatherings - the fleeting encounters, shared spaces, and passing faces that shape our everyday journeys.
At its centre is an original artwork filled with faces drawn by the artist - portraits inspired by people encountered across time and place: strangers glimpsed in bus stands, festivals, protests, weddings, funerals, and along the seashore. Moments where lives intersect briefly before moving on. Visitors are invited to become part of the piece. Printed portraits from the artwork can be taken and placed back onto the surface, slowly filling it up - turning the work into a growing landscape of faces.
The word “Thouscent” evokes a sense of endlessness - a pleasant saturation of people, stories, and encounters. It speaks to the countless small universes we brush past every day, reminding us that even the briefest meeting becomes part of a larger shared sky. Those Thouscent Skies is a living artwork - built collectively by the people who gather around it, influenced by spaces where people come together, disperse, celebrate, mourn, and move through time.
#FAEM #supports 👨🏿💼🧑🏿💼
